Opinion

Opinion and analysis from Pattrick Smellie, Peter Griffin, David Chaplin and Cameron Bagrie and a top-level group of New Zealand experts, including the BusinessDesk editorial team.
Value estimations and fighting the last war
Markets

Jenny Ruth: Value estimations and fighting the last war

Accounting rules requiring banks and other companies to include changes in value in their results have created a helter-skelter financial world. 

Jenny Ruth 10 May 2021
Goodwill: What is it good for?
Finance Free

Amir Ghandar and Matthew Pinnuck: Goodwill: What is it good for?

It's time to rethink how goodwill is treated in balance sheets to reflect the reality that it doesn't last forever.

Why is NZR's Brent Impey hiding details of Silver Lake deal?

Brian Gaynor: Why is NZR's Brent Impey hiding details of Silver Lake deal?

US private equity firm Silver Lake could already be having an influence on NZ's national game.

Brian Gaynor 08 May 2021
The battle for Queenstown’s skies

Paul McBeth: The battle for Queenstown’s skies

The stoush over how Queenstown manages its air services is turning into a proxy battle for the future of tourism in the region.

Paul McBeth 07 May 2021